Belt spinning reel



Feb. 16, 1960 c. E. JOY ET AL 2,925,230

BELT SPINNING REEL Filed Sept. 20, 1956 4 Sheets-Sheet l B, WM

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BELT SPINNING REEL Filed Sept. 20, 1956 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS fires/er 5. Jay fi'ank fZY/a/gfl BY M/M ATTORNE K5 Feb. 16, 1960 c. E. JOY ETAL BELT spmumc REEL 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed Sept. 20, 1956 5 Y .0 R aw m F T W 4 ma 5 W Feb. 16, 1960 c. E. JOY ETAL BELT SPINNING REEL 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Sept. 20, 1956 Frank Fa/a/gn ATTORNEYj United States Patent BELT SPINNING REEL Chester E. Joy and Frank J. Falatyn, Kingston, N.Y.

Application September 20, 1956, Serial No. 611,011

3 Claims. (Cl. 24284.2)

Our invention relates to spinning reels of the type which are attached to the body of a fisherman by means of a belt.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a reel which can be used with any rod for all types of fishing. Another object is to provide a reel from which a line may be cast a greater distance than is possible with reels of the present type. Another object is to provide a reel with a minimum of working parts and of simple construction. Another object is to provide a reel from which the line may be cast without running through any friction creating guides, but which is provided with readily movable means which will serve as a guide when the line is rewound on the reel. A further object is to provide a belt spinning reel which when attached to the body of the fisherman will have the axis of the spool inclined upwardly.

We accomplish these objects by the means described below and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. l is a fragmentary front elevation of one species of the reel;

Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. l in the plane 22;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary top view of the reel;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation of the reel;

' Fig. 5 is an elevation view of the spindle on which the spool is mounted;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary front elevation of a second species;

Fig. 7 is a section of Fig. 6 in the plane 7-7;

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary rear view of the second species;

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary side elevation of the second species;

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary horizontal section illustrating how the ends of the bail are secured to the reel; and

Fig. 11 is an exploded perspective view showing the spindle on which the spool of the second species is mounted.

Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, our reel comprises a circular base plate 1 in the center of which is secured the spindle 2 having a portion 3 extending through the base plate so that it is adapted to carry an extra spool 4 thereon.

Secured to the rear of the base plate 1 is a cylindrical casing 5 which is adapted to space the reel from the body of the fisherman. Secured to the casing are loops 6 adapted to pass a belt for securing the reel to the body of the fisherman. Secured to the back of the casing adjacent the bottom thereof is a body rest 7 which is adapted ot space the lower part of the reel further from the body than the upper part so that the spindle 2 points upwardly and away from the body when the reel is strapped thereto. Secured to the front of the base plate 1 by means of screws 8 is an annulus 9.

Rotatably mounted on the spindle 2 is the spool 10 having the inner peripheral edge or flange 11 thereof very close to the inner side of the annulus 9' so that it is impossible for the line to get behind the spool. Two

2,925,230 Patented Feb. 16, 1960 oppositely disposed handles 12 are rotatably secured to the spool. 13 is a bronze bushing, and 14 is a manually operable means cooperating with a helical spring 15 for varying the resistance to rotation of the spool on the spindle 2.

At diametrically opposite points in the sides of the casing are bronze bushings 16 in which the ends 17 of a bail-like element 18 are rotatably mounted. Surrounding the ends 17 of the bail are compression springs 19 which are secured between the inner sides of the bushings l6 and the washers 20. The bail 18 is formed of stiff music wire and comprises portions 21 at each side thereof which, when the bail is in the position shown in Fig. 4, extend parallel to the spindle 2 until they overlie a portion of the spool. The bail is then bent upwardly to form an arch portion which is substantially semicircular in extent and which normally overlies the upper half of the spool but is in radially spaced relation thereto. The opposite sides of the base plate and annulus 9 are provided with notches 22 (see Fig. 4) into which the portions 21 of the bail are urged by the springs 19 and which serve normally to hold the bail in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. However, the bail may be readily swung downwardly as shown by the dash and dot arc 23. Surrounding a portion of the bottom of the spool is a fixed line guide 24, and when the bail 18 is swung downwardly the semicircular portion will rest in the lower line guide.

In operation, when the fisherman is ready to cast, he drops the bail until it hits the bottom line guard so that there is nothing around the spool to prevent the line from running freely therefrom. The spool may be made six inches or more in diameter which will allow the line to uncoil therefrom in large loops and thus, for any given distance cast, the number of coils unwinding from the spool is much less than in smaller reels. This allows the line to uncoil slower and freer than otherwise so that longer casts may be made than with a small reel.

When the line is to be retrieved, the bail is swung upwardly until it is latched in the upper position where it will serve as a guide for the line running onto the spool.

Referring now to Figs. 6-11, we have here shown one of our reels in which certain features have been modified and differ from those shown in the other figures although the operation of the reel is not materially changed. The reel shown in these figures, has a circular base plate 25 having a spindle 26 mounted in the center thereof by means of which, together with a single screw 27, the casing 28, similar to the casing 5, is secured to the base plate. Mounted on the outer end of the spindle is the spool 29 which is adapted to carry the line in use, but a second spool 30 may be carried on the spindle within the casing and, to prevent its lateral movement therein, a rubber sleeve 31 surrounds the spindle between the back of the casing 28 and the web portion of the extra spool 30. Instead of using an annulus, such as shown at 9 in Fig. 2, the base plate is recessed, as shown in Fig. 7, to receive the inner flange 32 of the spool therein and very close thereto so that the line cannot by any chance get behind the reel. The spool is secured on the spindle by means of a manually operable nut 33 which is held in place by the screw 34. Bearing against the central portion of the spool and surrounding the spindle are washers 35 and 36, or a single washer, such as shown at 37 in Fig. 11. In order to prevent the washers from turning, the spindle is flattened on opposite sides, as shown at 38 in Figs. 7 and 11, and the washers 35 and 36, or the washer 37, are also flattened, as shown at 39 in Fig. 11, to fit the flattened portions 38 of the spindle. Between the washers and the interior of the nut 33 is a helical compression spring 40 which normally holds the washers in contact with bronze bearing 41 on the V spool to effect a braking of the spool.

The spool is provided with oppositely disposed handles 12 like the handles on the other species and the back of the casing is provided with belt loops 42.

The bail 43 and the means by which it is secured in the up position differ somewhat from the bail and the means shown in the other species. Here the ball is made of spring wire and it is secured in the casing, as best shown in Fig. the casing being reenforced by a plate 44 and the ends of the bail extending through bushings 45. Since the bail itself may be sprung, no springs are used on the ends thereof as shown in connection with the other species. Instead of notches in the casing, as shown at 22 in Fig. 4, the bail is held in upright position by means of the spring clips 46, the ends of which are riveted or otherwise secured to the casing 28; and the belt loops 42 (see Fig. 8) function as bail stops when the bail is down.

In order to secure the reel to the body at an elevation above the waistline, holes 47 (see Fig. 3) are provided in the body rest 7 in both species to receive snaps attached to cross shoulder straps.

While we have described our invention in its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the words which we have used are words of description rather than of limitation and that changes, within the purview of the appended claims, may be made without departing from the true scope and spirit of our invention in its broader aspects.

What we claim is:

1. A belt tyne spinning reel comprising a fixed base plate; a spool having laterally spaced, inner and outer flanges; means rotatably mounting said spool on said base plate; fixed means so closely spaced to the peripheral edge of the inner flange of said spool that a fishing line cannot pass therebetween; two, oppositely disposed handles and means rotatably securing said handles directly to the front side of said spool; a rearwardly projecting body rest secured to the back of said reel near the bottom thereof for spacing the reel further from the body at the bottom and at the top thereof; means above said body rest for attaching said reel to a belt; a baillike element formed of spring wire pivotally secured at its ends to opposite sides of said reel and means cooperating therewith for yieldingly holding a portion of said element in fixed position around the upper portion of said spool but in radially spaced relation thereto, as a line guide, when winding a line on said reel; but said element being otherwise freely swingable downwardly into a position below said spool and out of contact with the line when casting the line from said spool; and manually operable means between said handles for varying the resistance to rotation of said spool.

2. A belt type spinning reel comprising a spool having laterally spaced flanges; a closed cylindrical casing; means rotatably mounting said spool on the front side of said casing and coaxial therewith with the peripheral edge of its inner flange so close to a portion of said casing that a fishing line cannot pass therebetween; a rearwardly projecting body rest fixedly secured to the back of said casing near the bottom thereof for spacing the reel further from the body at the bottom than it is spaced at the top by said casing; a pair of oppositely disposed, straight handles and means rotatably securing said handles directly to the front of said spool with their inner ends so close to said spool that a fishing line cannot passtherebetween; and a bail-like element formed of spring Wfie having its ends pivotally mounted in substantially diametrically opposite points in the sides of said casing to swing freely between a position surrounding the upper half of said spool, but in spaced relation thereto, and functioning as a line guide in rewinding a line on said spool, and a position below said spool and out of contact with a line being cast from said spcol; means cooperating with said element for yieldingly holding it in line-rewinding position; and means on the back of said casing above said body rest for securing said reel to a belt.

3. The structure set forth in claim 1 together with manually operable means between said handles for varying the resistance to rotation of said spool.

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